'Guilty': Al Green Welcomes Censure For Disrupting Trump Speech

Source: Huff Post

Mar 5, 2025, 01:51 PM EST


WASHINGTON ― Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) is ready to be reprimanded by his House colleagues for disrupting President Donald Trump’s speech on Tuesday. A Republican introduced a formal censure resolution against Green on Wednesday stating Green’s behavior “disrupted the proceedings of the joint address and was a breach of proper conduct.”

Told of the resolution by HuffPost, Green said, “My response is: guilty.”

Censure has no practical effect beyond being an admonishment from colleagues that goes in the congressional record. It’s not clear how soon the House could vote on the resolution, which would likely be adopted with unanimous Republican support. During Trump’s speech, Green rose from his seat and shouted at Trump that he had no mandate from voters to cut Medicaid, the health care program for low income Americans.

Green, 77, waved his cane at the president and wouldn’t sit down even as Republicans drowned him out with noise, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) threatened to have him hauled out by the House sergeant-at-arms. “You have no mandate to cut Medicaid!” Green yelled. After a couple minutes, the sergeant-at-arms, the House’s top security office, escorted Green from the chamber.

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